Abstract:
One of the world’s most urgent issues is lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene. Water-related
improvements are crucial to meet the development goals, reduce child mortality, and improve health in a sustainable
way. The absence of WASH in schools is responsible for 20% of total deaths and disability adjusted life years
(DALYs) in children. Over 440 million schools days are missed annually due to water, sanitation and hygiene related
diseases. Though there are emerging vaccines for rotavirus and cholera still WASH remains critical in the prevention
of diarrheal diseases, soil transmitted helminthes infections and acute respiratory diseases. Objective of the study was
to study the implementation and functionality of WASH in schools.
